New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-29
GERMAN FUN AND MUSIC.
TWO GREAT NETWORK CLUBS.


ARrcx's NEW HoMK-A HANDSOME BurLDrNa.
There is one feature OF social life In New YORK 10
SEhich nns monument 10 now buiiding-a feature
Shich may be said to DO peculiar to the German
saoment I'm the ety's population. One woua e"i'
that tie quality which tho Germans with thesr 'onu
aces Tor extraordinary conpsSes OF iettefs al
ecngathiichheit and which Is stock suo1ees "a 'n
poets along with wine and Father'and. ~ou'0 s
Nom an exceedingly esubsbb people; ana set ui'
faot Is that Of ordinary club NE they Aho" nS-e
A. a class they domestic ana ha'o 30 ioAs
accustomed 10 sharing their pleasures WIN 'ne,i M
Ges that they have not felt tho need OF oino-"oss'
m which TO dine occasionally and enjoy with their
tdenas n ou;et ramc O. cards billiards. That In
The Iicdcrkranz ana Mannergesangverein Arion arc
nevertheless to be found two Of the largest anu mus
prost orous clubs In the city is explained oy 'ho w
that tbeso organizations prolnote no. ou'y W.
conceniality which the German loves IN ioIi W..
does not preclndc the participation OF MS WIZ ~
dnuch,nr but also artistic culture OF q gnu "
,vbic.f ALL Germans are devoted-that Is music
"a IA imrossbse for sel6sbness or individualsm 70
snter into the Germans cultivation OF n'usio " w
narlsh schools Of the fatherland and In tho nome
circ,c the sentiments 10 which these Peol" '''o
voted arc jncucated the children through inc
medium Of the folisongs, which are sung III ~
and at home always In harmony smpic vi oo"'p
acc riding to circumstances. where 'ho oii'ueA V
othce people sing a melody aponous'y IN u 80
gro: D of German children win sing their song VIZ"
secona or a second and third part added 90 'neS
grow up With the thought Of music assoo'"'0u ~
tkas of comranionship. To drht ih'o e
society as soon as tho voice natures is W '"o w
yoost natural thing i'm tho world. and the sihenis
.ociecs Of Germany are tho strongest props Vi 'h''
national feeling which enabled the county w F
over its traditional, foe in 1870.
Tho rovo for those customs OF tho rathor'a"u VIZ.
German never puts aside. Tho cus'on,'
ocean with him and arc not forsot'eh Ia 'p
,ifo orened 10 him here. In the midst Oh tho ous.
<,e roreIv and the murnur OF the Rhine, ana on uo
freelcss Western prairie he can yet mo INC sh"uo
of tho schwarzwald. 1t is because Oh tpis quo" go
American community containing 10" huuI'" -
mana boasts It's singing society Since 1S49' "noh
the first festival of German singers was heu III Si
cinnar tho sangerfests of tho North American oah-
car,und have been hell biennaly first In one ciVy'
then in another and though critic might say 'n"'
Mt these great gatherings las many as ooOo s"s'is
sometimes being brought together) inc worship %
C.ur,ps ts moro industriousiy cultivated than that
OF Apollo the festivals have done moch 10 prolho.o
musical culture In America. Indirectly CINCINNATI
where tho festivals started, owes her MUSIC nan
her May festivals, hor college OF Music anu her h'
Museum to their influence
une yra,tinr Of a modified form OF tho club ioea
nm tho distinctvely German singing society mas pro-
duoed that feature OF social lie exemphhco 'n un0
Iiedertranz and the Aron. The lAederhranI IL 'N'
older society, its origin dating back 10 'ahuar!'
,ho arion but the characteristic German clements
have moro vigorous representation In the latter since
1856 the I.ederhranZ has had chorus IN hiA0N
voices whereas the Arion has stupoorhV hcu o"O
against this feature in spite OF the fact that u mas
Noon desired by tho musical conductors. The Aoh |
ton has maintained carnival meetings, which are
amony tho most ENJOYABLE OF its entertainments on
plape that no other organization In the CITY has Dcch
able TO Initiate. The activity OF tho Lie Id"
had a stronger tendency toward social Things ~
few years ago the IiederSranz built line iarso 'uV
house in Fifty-nnth-st, which it Imagined at Tic
.i,no ,vould suslcb for its uses r many years 10
come But already the hall Is ovcroro"ded ana a'
each social meeting, " concert to which 'he MEM
beers arc privileged bring the ladies OF thelr iae
they bewah the lack Of accommodations.
largo percentage of tho Lederhranz membership Is
American by birth, having been attracted by inc
socia, advantages offered by the society The Arlon
membership is almost exclusively German ana the
prot orion Of active singers is larger IL Is HAeS
however that the society VIII undergo Change III
this respect when in the autumn IL taxes possession
N, tts new hall. Yet the Arion win aways Dc more |
German than the LiederiIranz It's men'pers i's
roor, stress uuon the use OF the German language
within its walls and does not neea 10 Do Nois
close observer note that the second geherauon VI
Arionites Is more thoroughly 1eutonized IMAM 'iie
,ocoud generation of Licderkranzler. This does not
mean boweyer that they are any the less patriotic
Americans In fact were 10 search OF temples
in which tho fres of American patriotism arc Rep'
brightly burning he would have to count beaefirah
and Arion Halls among the first III Is only 'nc Gus
toms not the politics. of Germany that The German
American citizen cngs to with such ecnaoA'S
not bismarck; music, not MoltAe-
Tho Arfon Society, to speak more correctly .he |
Manner esansvercln ArOn (which In the veihacuaf
siruincs the mems Singing Society Arion') Is an
ofshoot Of the licderiranz (Anglice, eonS "rean j.
In its oligin it eAempies the axiom Thai 'he hnu'f
plcaton of musical organizations is due TO dscord' |
In January 1854, fourteen members OF The i1edef- |
kanz being unable longer TO aorcc MN u II ieno"s
cut loose and organized the Anon. "ihih "ooh
they cave their first concert In the Apollo Rooms In
Rroado Nv near Canalst. The first conductor was
musician named Meyerhofer. who was sucoede" ny |
Karl pergmann who remained in the position save |
during q short interregam, beginning III 1so2' uhui
1870 Other conductors for short terms Weto h"li
Anschutz f. l. Ritter (now teacher OF music IN Nassar
Collere) V. Hartmann and II. Grenier. In 1o71 Dr. |
Da,nroseh was brought from Breslau, where be was |
conducting the opera and orchestral soeiety, and re-
nained conductor until 1884. He In turn was sue |
ceeded by the present conductor, FRANK van oer
stuosca, q natirc-born American, who Is now ac-
euaintng tho German public with some VI inc "orhs
OF our composers by giving concerts In Berlin ana
elseyherc In addition to tho customary music Tor |
naio voices Arion from the beginning cuItiVaieo
oyerettas. In 1855 a work OF this hina ehuiae"
"MoId .rundtruclS," the music composed by MT berg
MANN WAS bought forward, and In 1885 der Can |
xnm Eisenhammer." by the same composer. Anus
ing lttIe WORKS ia the STYLE which DO not can
10, female VOICES. stan given occasionally bus
only for tho diversion vi the members ana theH |
families There have been also some essays III |
higher field Tho choruses In the first NaSner1ah |
osers performed in America we're sung by the Arion
soeaetv This was s-Tannhauser" produced under the
direction Of MIR. Bergman at the stadt Theatre III |
tina Rowcry On August 81 1850. Madame S1eaen- |
bers was the Elizabeth, Herr PscAaneser the lam
baaser, and a singer named Lehman tho Wolfram |
ya.t January at the dinner given 10 Herr seidi IN
honor of the first performance in America OF Trstan
mad Isolde" william steinway under whose presidency